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Traveler's Spring & Upper Birch Creek Trail via Little Miami Scenic Trail is a 14.2-mile out-and-back in Glen Helen Nature Preserve near Oldtown, OH. The route reaches Traveler's Spring at the turnaround, 7.1 miles in. It climbs 448 ft. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi817 – 978 ft14.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Little Miami Scenic Trail 39.72187, -83.93549
Nearest town Oldtown, OH

Directions

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Traveler's Spring & Upper Birch Creek Trail via Little Miami Scenic Trail

14.2 mi · ▲ 448 ft · 4 hr 57 min

Elevation 816–976 ft

Out & Back · Glen Helen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: Little Miami Scenic Trail · 39.72187, -83.93549

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 8:47 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Little Miami Scenic Trail, heading N.
  2. 5.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  6. 450 ftBear right onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miReach Traveler's Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sassafras Grove Trail, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Birch Creek Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  13. 450 ftSharp right, heading W.
  14. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  16. 0.5 miTurn left onto Little Miami Scenic Trail, heading S.
  17. 5.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

14% paved86% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 8:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 8:25 PM for the 8:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM — 13 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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